“Who… is the extra person?”
Lou Yi noticed the problem. However, Zhang Yinyin reacted faster than he did. She grabbed the other camera. Half a second later…
“No.” She put down the camera as her face paled. The words she said were unsettling. “There are only 48 girls in this video.”
Zhou Taifu, with a shivering body, stared at the camera Jiang Cheng was holding. His pitch rose involuntarily, “You mean… one of the cameras captured the ghost?!”
No one answered. This was undeniable. The only thing that helped when he said the truth out loud was to ease his anxiety. Things were not different from what they predicted. The two cameras had something more about them. Namely, the camera given by the NPC could capture things that the naked eye couldn’t see. No one said anything. The atmosphere was scarily oppressive…
“Alright.” Lou Yi stood forward. He shared a look with Zhen Jianren. When the latter didn’t stop him, he continued, “Don’t need to be so pessimistic. At least we’ve found the ghost in the mission.” He paused before adding, “Now it’s time to confirm the ghost’s identity.”
Xu Wen continued, “How do you plan to do that?”
“We’ll compare the two videos and pinpoint the additional person. That’s the ghost…” Lou Yi was confused as he looked at Xu Wen. After all, Xu Wen was not a newbie. Why would she ask a question like that?
Jiang Cheng handed the camera over to Luo Yi. “Then, go ahead.”
“How… is this possible?!”
Xu Wen glanced at Luo Yi. She was as peaceful as Jiang Cheng. He paused both videos at the last choir segment to see who the extra one was. However, he failed. Luo Yi’s eyes burned as he compared the girls one by one from the first row to the last, from the left to the right. However, no one was missing. The result was that everyone who had appeared in the first camera showed up in the second camera… There was no one extra. However, this was impossible.
There were 49 people in the first video and 48 in the second.
Jiang Cheng had already noticed this when he saw the strangeness in numbers. He assumed this was caused by the limitations in the mission.
“Enough.” Zhen Jianren stopped Luo Yi. The latter’s mental state was getting unstable. There might be other dangers hidden in the videos. After the cameras were removed from him, Luo Yi’s state rapidly lowered as if he were being drained.
After sending Luo Yi to bed to rest, Zhen Jianren gritted his teeth at Xu Wen. “What should we do now?” After all, he determined the thing was with Xu Wen.
“Mr. Hao.” Xu Wen turned to Jiang Cheng, “What do you think?”
Jiang Cheng thought about it and answered, “Since the ghost has appeared in this method, I believe she should be a student here and has been a part of the choir.” He paused, “Well, she was part of the choir.”
“She had deep resentment after she died, so she came back to the rehearsal and repeated her experience.” Zhang Yinyin frowned and said.
Jiang Cheng glanced at her. He felt like she had already changed from before. “Perhaps hatred is more appropriate than resentment.”
“Do you remember what the woman who led us to the rehearsal said?” Xu Wen raised her head to say, “She knew something was wrong when Long Tao was in the toilet for a little longer.”
Fatty nodded vehemently. “That’s right. I was so scared.”
“So… She must know something.” Zhou Taifu scratched his chin. “We can start with her. When we see her next, we can test her to figure out what is happening.” The man appeared to have changed. He could follow along with everyone’s thoughts and propose his explanation. After that, things became simpler.
Based on the known clues, everyone came up with a simple plot for this mission.
The ghost was a student at this school. Female. Died due to uncertain reasons. It had to be something bad, or she wouldn’t become a ghost. Compared to simple murder, this was more like a premeditated revenge.
Xu Wen even suggested that the girl might have been raped, killed and then dismembered.
Interestingly enough, the school was predominantly female. Even the security force was female. This was very abnormal. However, if the school started to change their hiring policy after a rape and murder incident had happened at school, everything made sense.
“Therefore, our job should be to identify the girl.” Jiang Cheng sat on the chair and looked very professional. “Now, I will assign everyone their task. First,” he stressed, “One team should go investigate the four teams of the choir.
“Then, another team should mix with the students to see if there’s another rumour among the student body.” He paused. “If Xu Wen were right, the school would definitely cover up the incident. However, the stories would definitely spread among the students.” He took a deep breath and looked around. “Then, it’s the prop building. After all, this camera that captured the ghost came from there. Therefore, we need a team to return there…”
At this point, everyone’s face dimmed. They could accept the first two tasks, but this one…
Once they thought of the old man’s pale face, they felt uncomfortable.
“I agree with your arrangement.” Xu Wen’s expression brightened. She looked into Jiang Cheng’s eyes. Moments later, her lips moved, but she didn’t say anything.
Instead, it was Zhen Jianren who scoffed, “You’re cunning. As you set up the tasks, you send other people to the prop building.” Someone else agreed, “That’s right. The prop building is the most dangerous. You can go. I won’t go!”
As if worried about being voted out, Zhou Taifu raised his voice. “I’m fine with either of the first two tasks but not the last one!”